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Azerbaijan: Imprisoned writer Rashad Ramazanov ends hunger strike

Rapid ActionJanuary 24, 2019

Writer and blogger Rashad Ramazanov is on hunger strike and in poor health. He is one of several Azerbaijani prisoners, activists, and opposition figures who have been on hunger… More

DARE: Government Confirms It Has Detained as a Witness a Journalist Who Works in Iran

News DigestJanuary 22, 2019

Government confirms that it has detained Marzieh Hashemi, U.S. citizen and journalist for Iran's Press TV, as a witness. BuzzFeed stands by report that... More

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DARE: Trump Wants the Networks to Carry His Speech Live. They Should Look at These Charts of His Lies.

News DigestJanuary 8, 2019

President Trump prepares to make a speech this evening about the southern U.S. border, a subject on which his falsehoods and dishonesty have escalated... More

DARE: Secret Campaign to Use Russian-Inspired Tactics in 2017 Ala. Election Stirs Anxiety for Democrats

News DigestJanuary 7, 2019

Revelations that Russian-inspired disinformation tactics were used as part of the 2017 Alabama senatorial election surface, leaving Democratic operatives... More

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New Charges Against Azerbaijani Blogger Mehman Huseynov, Now on Hunger Strike, A Cruel Punishment for Investigative Journalism

Press ReleaseJanuary 3, 2019

"The escalation of legal harassment against Mehman Huseynov—over the holiday period, and just months before his release—is an inhumane step that perfectly embodies the calculated crackdown against dissenting voices… More

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Azerbaijan: Rights Groups Demand the Release of Journalist Mehman Huseynov

AdvocacyMay 2, 2017

Joint Statement As World Press Freedom Day is celebrated across the globe on May 3, we, the undersigned organizations, cannot forget the untenable price journalists pay for government criticism in… More

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Azerbaijan: Rights Groups Demand Justice for Tortured Journalist Mehman Huseynov

AdvocacyJanuary 18, 2017

Joint Statement by Sport for Rights Coalition Azerbaijan: Rights Groups Demand Justice for Tortured Journalist Mehman Huseynov  The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the abduction and torture of Azerbaijani journalist Mehman Huseynov and… More

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What now in unfree Florida? The DoE apparently getting into the business of threatening punishment to high school principals if they don't cancel student club events with drag queens. B/c "Drag & Donuts " is the real threat to students here... #EdScare
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